Sizzling Summer For CT? See Farmers' Almanac Forecast

CONNECTICUT — According to America's favorite weather forecasters, Connecticut will dodge a meteorological bullet this summer.

But in just about every other region in the United States, summer 2022 is going to be brutal, according to the Farmers’ Almanac summer forecast prediction.

There's one more gift from the weather people we can look forward to, heading into summer, which officially starts June 21 with the summer solstice:

Big thunderstorms.

Generally, storminess will mark the transition from spring to summer, especially along the Eastern Seaboard and the Great Lakes regions, according to the Farmers' Almanac.

Summer will be "a hot one nationwide," the Farmers' Almanac said. The closest thing to a mild summer will be here in New England, and the Great Lakes region, but that prediction is based on a wave of cool air arriving in September, according to the Farmers' Almanac.

According to the forecast, the dog days of summer in late July are expected to be "brutally hot," with highs in the 90s and triple digits, and "blistering hot" temperatures are expected to persist over Central and Western states.

The worst of the heat should be over by mid-August, though, the almanac said.

Rainfall is expected to be about normal in the middle of the country, including in the Great Lakes and north and south-central United States; above normal in the Southeast; and below normal in the Northeast.

Drought conditions are expected to persist in the Southwest, where even the Desert Southwest monsoon rains aren’t expected to deliver any drought relief. The Pacific states will be unusually dry as well, according to the almanac.

Here is the week ahead weather forecast via the National Weather Service for Connecticut:

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 59. Northwest wind around 7 mph.

Monday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 44. Southwest wind 3 to 7 mph.

Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 71. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 64.

Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71.

Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 58.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44.

Sunday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59.